How does Christina feel about the other masked revelers? Does she differ from them in any significant way?

The story falls into the genre of stories about a genie in a bottle. It parallels Balzac’s La Peau de chagrin, Oscar Wilde’s Picture of Dorian Gray, and W. W. Jacobs’ “The Monkey’s Paw.” Can you name others?

Martin says, “I’m eight years old again and I can see ‘The Last Rose of Summer’ as though it was yesterday.” Does Martin see the painting as a eight-year old or as an adult seeing himself as an eight-year old?